LIIs, do you prefer amazing, exciting possibilities, or more laconic and boring possibilities?
LIIs, do you prefer amazing, exciting possibilities, or more laconic and boring possibilities?
Uh strange... no one is replying.
Oh, but you do have an answer. Let me present to you two possibilities:
a) respond to this thread (a laconic and boring possibility)
b) do something else (an amazing and exciting possibility)
Amazing and exciting possibilities but really the level of excitement and boredom is all relative anyways.
LII-Ne with strong EII tendencies, 6w7-9w1-3w4 so/sp/sx, INxP
The question is hard to answer because you've phrased it as an Fi thing -- "do you prefer". LIIs are rarely aware of their preferences, if they even have them. I really have no pre-existing preference between the two types of possibilities you mentioned, and if I were to pick one, I would have to sit down and try to figure out some logical criterion by which to decide which one is "better".
For an LII, I think possibilities are measured more by how likely they are, not how exciting they are. Excitement does not affect probability, so it is irrelevant when determining truth. Ti logic is what we care about, not Fi preferences.
Quaero Veritas.
Well now really, do you get more excited by fantastic situations and movies, or small leaps in scientific understanding? (nerd core stuff)
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I like dressing up like a girl and kissing boys at the farmer's market.
OK how about this one: does fantasy drama excite you? Like, does watching LoTR pull you in? Does a video game?
Not really. I greatly appreciate a well thought out story but I never feel as if I'm in the universe they created. In a role playing game, my mind is much more focused on the "What is my best next move" strategy aspect than the "What would my character do in this situation" Role-Playing aspect. Every single video game I play, I play as if it was chess. I always thought the Role Playing aspect of games would click well with Ni types, being highly imaginative.
ILI (FINAL ANSWER)
I wouldn't say that either of those did, but "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" did (the book, I mean; the movie was horrible). I do fantasy forum roleplaying and quite enjoy it, and unlike Crispy I do focus on what my character would do; but it isn't about the drama, it's about an interesting thing put into an interesting situation, "let's see what happens."
(Note: Like Crispy, I do treat most roleplaying games like chess; that's what happens when I'm confronted with a chance of failure. I did some pen-and-paper roleplaying, and I only adhered to the story then when I was GM.)
LII-Ne
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